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Stratton's Take
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Stratton's Take Australia "is not without flaws, it's not the masterpiece that we were hoping for, but I think you could say that it's a very good film in many ways," says The Australian 's David Stratton , who's writing from a kind of Down Under home-team perspective. "[But] while it will be very popular with many people I think there's a slight air of disappointment after it all. "Like his earlier films Strictly Ballroom, Romeo+Juliet and Moulin Rouge , Australia shows Baz Luhrmann as a very theatrical director. He has a great eye for compositions and the film ...
Reviews On 'Australia' From Down Under Range From Mostly Positive To Mixed
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... The film is "not without flaws, it's not the masterpiece that we were hoping for, but I think you could say that it's a very good film in many ways," writes David Stratton of The Australian, though it's probably safe to say that the Oz take on the film is probably much more harshly judged than the American view will probably be. "[But] while it will be very popular with many people I think there's a slight air of disappointment after it all." ...
Reviews Of ‘Australia’ From Down Under Range From Mostly Positive To Mixed
Fataculture —
... a similarly spectacular landscape as Out of Africa and a plot line that loosely resembles that of Gone with the Wind. If it sounds shallow and predictable, Australia is, in fact, anything but. The cliches are saved by little jokes and asides, as if Luhrmann is saying ‘Yes, I know, but what can you do?’” The semi-positive to critical : The film is “not without flaws, it’s not the masterpiece that we were hoping for, but I think you could say that it’s a very good film in many ways,” writes David Stratton of The Australian , though it’s probably safe to say that the Oz take on ...
Oscar Brief: Rourke is Great and 'Australia' is Long
RopeofSilicon.com —
... saying it’s “Good, but no classic, and way, way too long.” David Stratton at The Australian says, “The film is not without flaws, it’s not the masterpiece that we were hoping for, but I think you could say that it’s a very good film in many ways.” Finally, ...
“Australia” Reviews
FilmoFilia —
... “Despite its flaws - and it certainly has flaws - I think Australia is an impressive and important film, and if I were to give it a star rating I would give it three-and-a-half out of five.” (David Stratton, The Australian) full story ...
